With regards to HTML5 <video> there are 3 different video formats which are used across all the major browsers. There isn’t one standard video format as yet so different formats need to be available. Eg. <video poster=”movie.jpg” controls> <source src=”movie.webm” type=’video/webm; codecs=”vp8.0, vorbis”‘> <source src=”movie.ogv” type=’video/ogg; codecs=”theora, vorbis”‘> <source src=”movie.mp4″ type=’video/mp4; codecs=”avc1.4D401E, mp4a.40.2″‘> <p>This is […]

The amount of support for HTML5 varies for each browser. This excellent website has a breakdown of what elements of HTML5 are supported from browser to browser. You can also do browser comparisons: http://caniuse.com/#cats=HTML5 Here is an overview of the earliest to latest versions of browsers which have support for HTML5 (23rd April 2012). Browser […]

Embed YouTube Videos with W3C Compliance. This is a great article which shows how to embed a youtube video into your website which validates successfully to W3C standards. Ive used it and had no problems in all major browsers. I found this to be a better solution for the time being until the HTML5 <video> […]